i'm probably overreacting, but i hate the way the lines are shaping up. morrow-jokinen-bennett was just so impressive. i don't like breaking them up at all. and for what purpose? so sutter can move up the depth chart and both adams and glass stay in the lineup? i don't see cooke-sutter-morrow having nearly the effect that this line did. and i don't see jokinen doing anything sandwiched between the wondertwins on the 4th line.

shmenguin wrote:i'm probably overreacting, but i hate the way the lines are shaping up. morrow-jokinen-bennett was just so impressive. i don't like breaking them up at all. and for what purpose? so sutter can move up the depth chart and both adams and glass stay in the lineup? i don't see cooke-sutter-morrow having nearly the effect that this line did. and i don't see jokinen doing anything sandwiched between the wondertwins on the 4th line.

God forbid Blysma breaks up Kunitz-Sid-Dupuis. Adding a future HOF'er to that line (who also happened to assist on Sid's most important goal of his career, and requested a trade to specifically come here and play with Sid) while balancing the rest of the lines just doesn't compute...

shmenguin wrote:i'm probably overreacting, but i hate the way the lines are shaping up. morrow-jokinen-bennett was just so impressive. i don't like breaking them up at all. and for what purpose? so sutter can move up the depth chart and both adams and glass stay in the lineup? i don't see cooke-sutter-morrow having nearly the effect that this line did. and i don't see jokinen doing anything sandwiched between the wondertwins on the 4th line.

God forbid Blysma breaks up Kunitz-Sid-Dupuis. Adding a future HOF'er to that line (who also happened to assist on Sid's most important goal of his career, and requested a trade to specifically come here and play with Sid) while balancing the rest of the lines just doesn't compute...

shmenguin wrote:i'm probably overreacting, but i hate the way the lines are shaping up. morrow-jokinen-bennett was just so impressive. i don't like breaking them up at all. and for what purpose? so sutter can move up the depth chart and both adams and glass stay in the lineup? i don't see cooke-sutter-morrow having nearly the effect that this line did. and i don't see jokinen doing anything sandwiched between the wondertwins on the 4th line.

God forbid Blysma breaks up Kunitz-Sid-Dupuis. Adding a future HOF'er to that line (who also happened to assist on Sid's most important goal of his career, and requested a trade to specifically come here and play with Sid) while balancing the rest of the lines just doesn't compute...

I'm afraid Iggy's doing too much floating out there to work with Sid and either Kunitz or Dupuis. All three of those guys skater hard from the time they step on the ice until they stop off it.

It's not that I don't think it'd be worth a shot, even though I think it'd be a rather big failure... it's that I don't know that it's something you want to do in the playoffs. For the most part, the forwards have already looked lost these last couple guys with all the line juggling going on... and it's going to get worse as Neal and Crosby come back.

Guerin was the same way...until he played with Sid for a few games and realized that if just got open, Sid would get him the puck. Iginla's got such a nasty shot, he thinks the game at a high level, and he can most definitely find the soft spots in defensive coverage. I think he'd do wonders with Sid, and as a vet, it wouldn't take him long to figure it out.

But just because Dupuis and Kunitz have figured it out as well, doesn't mean that nobody else can. What happens when a guy like Iginla figures out how to play with Sid? My gosh, will we never know how dominant Sid could really be if he played with real all-stars, instead of just players he makes look like all-stars?

This makes the most sense. Gives Crosby an elite winger and Kunitz can be a grinding third wheel. Provides Malkin's line with a gritty veteran, looked good as a line the one game this was tried. Dupuis gives 3rd line speed and a scoring threat, solid 3rd line.

pcm wrote:Guerin was the same way...until he played with Sid for a few games and realized that if just got open, Sid would get him the puck. Iginla's got such a nasty shot, he thinks the game at a high level, and he can most definitely find the soft spots in defensive coverage. I think he'd do wonders with Sid, and as a vet, it wouldn't take him long to figure it out.

But just because Dupuis and Kunitz have figured it out as well, doesn't mean that nobody else can. What happens when a guy like Iginla figures out how to play with Sid? My gosh, will we never know how dominant Sid could really be if he played with real all-stars, instead of just players he makes look like all-stars?

I'm a big believer in the thing that makes Kunitz-Crosby-Dupuis work is their speed.

Something to keep in mind with Guerin is that he had 17 regular season games to get acclimated to playing with Crosby. Crosby's played a total of 0:50 since Iginla was acquired. If he didn't get hurt, I don't think there'd be any debate right now because there would've been time to find line combinations that worked.

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This makes the most sense. Gives Crosby an elite winger and Kunitz can be a grinding third wheel. Provides Malkin's line with a gritty veteran, looked good as a line the one game this was tried. Dupuis gives 3rd line speed and a scoring threat, solid 3rd line.

Agree with those lines. Sucks for Duper but he's versatile and will go all out one first or third line.